This paper summarizes the findings of the NNEC assessment
performed during 2012 Steadfast Cobalt NRF exercise, and the
solution proposed to resolve the identified information
management and information sharing constraints. The proposed
solution, in line with NNEC recommendations for the Future
Mission Network (FMN) concept is based on an information
clearinghouse function and a release gateway. The clearinghouse
maintains a tightly configuration-controlled catalog of mission
relevant information, to ensure users easily find and access the
latest approved version of any information product. In addition,
the clearinghouse provides support to a release authority and to a
release gateway, which allow semi-automatic transfer of releasable
products between different security domains. The combination of
the three elements creates the perception of a single information
domain. The paper describes the impact of the solution on
information sharing by repeating the NNEC assessment, and
provides a number of recommendations on how to achieve those
benefits in current or future NATO operations.